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July 28, 2022, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
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Decision TC1 05038 – The proper interpretation of the ‘generalized risk’ exception to protection found at subparagraph 97(1)(b)(ii) of the Act, in claims for protection involving allegations of gang-targeting or other acts of criminality.
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Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision MB8-00025 – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses, in applying Article 1E of the Refugee Convention, whether members should consider allegations of risk in a country of residence if they conclude that a refugee claimant has the rights and obligations which are attached to the possession of nationality in that country.
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July 6, 2018, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being a
Jurisprudential Guide.
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Decision TB7-19851 – Nigeria – This Jurisprudential Guide addresses internal flight alternatives in major cities in south and central Nigeria for claimants fleeing non-state actors.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 10, 2018.
On
July 20, 2017, the Chairperson identified the following Refugee Appeal Division decision as being
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Decision TB7-01837 – Pakistan – Whether the treatment experienced by Ahmadis in Pakistan amounts to persecution, whether state protection is available and whether there is a viable internal flight alternative.
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Decision MB6-01059/60 – India – Availability of an internal flight alternative in India for claimants from Punjab.
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Decision TB6-11632 – China – Analysis of the efficacy of the Chinese national computer network known as the Golden Shield Project and its impact on whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport.
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The country documentation referenced in each of these decisions has been included in s.16 of the updated National Documentation Packages published on July 20, 2017.
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NIGERIA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Title:
Nigéria. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
August 2014
Accessed Date:
19 November 2014
Title:
EASO COI Meeting Report: Nigeria.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
August 2017
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report: Nigeria. Country Focus.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Rapport de mission en République fédérale du Nigeria du 9 au 21 septembre 2016
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. The World Factbook.
Additional Info.:
An older version of this document is referenced at 16.1 for the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
23 April 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Country Background Note: Nigeria. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2019
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
DFAT Country Information Report: Nigeria
Source:
Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Date of Document:
9 March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Medical and Healthcare Issues. Version 2.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
28 August 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Main domestic and international road corridors. 2.3 Nigeria Road Network. Logistics Capacity Assessments (LCAs).
Source:
World Food Programme
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Women fearing gender-based harm or violence. Version 3.0.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.11 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2017
Title:
International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing northeastern Nigeria (the states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa) and surrounding region – Update II
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Targeting of Individuals.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card and to open a bank account; extent to which SIM card and banking information is available to third parties, including authorities and elected politicians (2018-February 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 February 2019
Accessed Date:
4 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Additional Info.:
An older version of this document is referenced at 16.5 for the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
4 July 2017
Accessed Date:
8 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2017.
Source:
United States. Social Security Administration.
Date of Document:
September 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
Security and Governance in North-East Nigeria
Editor:
Hussaini Abdu; Chigozirim Okoro
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Prison conditions. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
21 November 2016
Title:
2.3 Nigeria Road Network. Logistics Capacity Assessments (LCAs).
Source:
World Food Programme
Date of Document:
31 May 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria. 2019 Humanitarian Needs Overview.
Source:
United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Key socio-economic indicators.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
12 December 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Security Situation.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
EASO Country of Origin Information Report. Nigeria: Actors of Protection.
Source:
European Union. European Asylum Support Office.
Date of Document:
November 2018
Accessed Date:
11 December 2018
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2018.
Additional Info.:
An older version of this document is referenced at 16.6 for the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
13 March 2019
Accessed Date:
18 March 2019
Title:
HIV and AIDS in Nigeria
Date of Document:
2 April 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria: Shadow Report To The African Commission On Human And Peoples' Rights, 62nd Ordinary Session
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
25 April 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
National HIV/AIDS Stigma Reduction Strategy
Source:
Nigeria. National Agency for the Control of AIDS.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
HIV and AIDs (Anti-Discrimination) Act, 2014
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. Amnesty International Report 2017/2018: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
22 February 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Humanitarian Exchange Number 70. The Lake Chad Basin: an overlooked crisis?
Source:
Overseas Development Institute. Humanitarian Practice Network.
Date of Document:
October 2017
Author:
Toby Lanzer et al.
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. World Report 2019: Events of 2018.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom in the World 2019.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
FAO Northeast Nigeria Protection Risk Analysis
Source:
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria: Still No Accountability For Human Rights Violations
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
1 March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons on his mission to Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
12 April 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
The Human Cost Of A Megacity: Forced Evictions Of The Urban Poor In Lagos, Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/NGA/1
Date of Document:
27 August 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Nigeria
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/31/NGA/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
24 August 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter III: Citizenship. Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Accessed Date:
23 November 2016
Title:
Whether Nigerian citizenship can be regained after renunciation, including requirements and procedures (2012-May 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 May 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Title:
Information on whether a non-Nigerian woman married to a Nigerian man can obtain Nigerian citizenship based on their marriage if the marriage is common law, including requirements and procedures (2015-January 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 January 2017
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain an International Driving Permit; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent International Driving Permits (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 October 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2018
Title:
Sample of the Nigerian International Driving Permit (IDP)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 August 2011
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; police/security forces
Title:
Federal driver's licence authority; requirements and procedures to obtain and renew a federal driver's licence in the old and new licence systems; differences in obtaining and renewing a driver's licence between 2007 and January 2012...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 March 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
The document entitled 'Lagos State Government - Medical Certificate of Cause of Death,' including a sample; issuing authority and process for obtaining the document; whether a hospital stamps the document when issued (2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
medical records
Title:
Process to obtain a death certificate from the National Population Commission (NPC), including persons entitled to obtain one, the documents that must be submitted, the cost, and the time required to issue the certificate
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 March 2011
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; medical records; religion
Title:
Implementation of the National Identity Card (NIC), including roll-out of the National Identification Number (NIN); requirements and procedures to obtain a NIN and NIC; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent NICs (2016-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
The Mandatory Use Of The National Identification Number Regulations, 2017
Source:
Nigeria. National Identity Management Commission.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Prevalence of fraudulent documents, including whether genuine documents can be obtained using false information; instances of visa application fraud; document verification practices at the Canadian visa office in Lagos (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 August 2018
Accessed Date:
22 November 2018
Title:
Whether it is required by hospitals in Lagos State to list the father on a birth certificate or whether the name of the father can be left blank (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 October 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Information on a Certificate of State of Origin, including purpose of document, issuing and signing authority, and requirements and procedures to obtain the document; information on the appearance of the certificate, including security features ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 January 2017
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. Using RapidSMS for Birth Registration.
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
17 October 2012
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
identity documents; institutional efficacy
Title:
Requirements and procedures an adult must fulfill to obtain a birth certificate, including for those who apply from within the country and abroad
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Emergency Travel Certificates issued by the Nigerian High Commission in Ottawa, including procedures and requirements to obtain said Certificate, and security features; whether applicants who have no documentation can obtain an Emergency...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 March 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain an ePassport within the country and from abroad, including collection and verification of biometrics; appearance and security features; prevalence of fraudulent passports (2016-November 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
The procedure for obtaining a passport of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from within Canada (2012-August 2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 August 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
identity documents; institutional efficacy
Title:
Passports, including whether passports from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are issued in Nigeria; information included in the passport; security measures to detect passport fraud; procedures for issuing passports within Nigeria...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2015
Accessed Date:
24 November 2015
Keywords:
citizenship; document fraud; identity documents; nationality
Title:
Whether fingerprints were required when applying for a Nigerian passport in 2004 at the Lagos passport office
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
12 December 2016
Accessed Date:
16 November 2017
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a voter card; information on voter cards, including appearance, features; issuing authority and place of issuance (2012-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 May 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
False documents available in Nigeria and from Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
document fraud; government corruption; identity documents; legal system; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a Bank Verification Number (BVN) within the country and from abroad, including verification of identity and collection of biometrics during the registration process; uses of the BVN; instances of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 May 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2018
Title:
Letters issued by the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto, Rainbow Refugee Society in Vancouver, The 519 in Toronto, and Welcome Place in Winnipeg (Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council Inc.), including format, appearance, and signatories...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2017
Accessed Date:
27 November 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Nigeria.
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
The local government system in Nigeria. Commonwealth Local Government Handbook 2017/18.
Source:
Commonwealth Local Government Forum
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Information on the Ogun state assembly elections of April 2015, including reports of pre and post-election violence between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates and election interference by members of ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 February 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. Election for president of February 23, 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. Election for Nigerian Senate of February 23, 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. Election for Nigerian House of Representatives of February 23, 2019.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
The Niger Delta Liberation Front (NDLF), including structure, membership, leadership, activities and areas of operation, currently and between 2005 and 2007; consequences for leaving the group (2005-April 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 April 2018
Accessed Date:
9 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria: General Elections 2019. Second Preliminary Statement.
Source:
European Union Election Observation Mission
Date of Document:
11 March 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Nigeria. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2019.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
10 January 2019
Title:
Nigeria: The Law and FGM
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Domestic violence, including Lagos State; legislation, recourse, state protection and services available to victims (2011-October 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
crime; domestic violence; gender-based violence; legislation; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Nigeria: Submission To The United Nations Committee On The Elimination Of Discrimination Against Women: 67th Session, 3-21 July 2017
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
7 June 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Divorce law and practices among Christians, including grounds, procedures, length of process, property dispositions, child custody and consequences for the woman and her family
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Divorce law and practices among Muslims, including grounds, procedures, length of process, property dispositions, child custody and consequences for the woman and her family
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
children; conflict; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; religion; statistics
Title:
Prevalence of forced marriage, particularly in Muslim and Yoruba communities; information on legislation, including state protection; ability of women to refuse a forced marriage
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
gender equality; marriage
Title:
Nigeria: “They Betrayed Us”: Women Who Survived Boko Haram Raped, Starved And Detained In Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 May 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Whether women who head their own households, without male or family support, can obtain housing and employment in large northern cities, such as Kano, Maiduguri, and Kaduna, and southern cities, such as Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt; government...
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 5.9 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; marriage; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Masculinities, Conflict and Violence. Nigeria Country Report 2016.
Source:
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme; Voices4Change
Date of Document:
March 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Ritual in which a widow must drink the water used to clean her late husband's corpse; consequences for refusal to drink this water; whether a widow's refusal is interpreted as responsibility for her husband's death; state protection ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2018
Accessed Date:
28 November 2018
Title:
Whether parents can refuse female genital mutilation (FGM) of their daughter; state protection available (2016-October 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 October 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2018
Title:
Whether Yoruba and Ibo cleansing rituals for women in their thirties include circumcision in the states of Ogun, Niger, Anambra, and Adamawa; whether women who have been accused of killing a family member through witchcraft would be circumcised...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
29 April 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
female genital mutilation
Title:
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Nigeria
Source:
United Nations. Security Council.
Date of Document:
10 April 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Convicted without Evidence: Elderly Women and Witchcraft Accusations in Contemporary Nigeria
Volume:
Volume 18, Issue 4
Source:
Journal of International Women's Studies
Date of Document:
August 2017
Author:
Friday A. Eboiyehi
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Adolescent Girls in Crisis: Voices From the Lake Chad Basin
Source:
Plan International
Date of Document:
29 August 2018
Author:
Hannah Jay, Eleanor Gordon
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM) among the Urhobo, including the consequences for refusing to undergo this procedure, particularly pregnant women; state protection available (2014-March 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 March 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; female genital mutilation; gender equality; gender-based violence; judicial efficacy; legislation; marriage; religion; social services
Title:
Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015.
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender-based violence; legislation; sexual violence
Title:
Nigeria's Displaced Women and Girls: Humanitarian Community at Odds, Boko Haram's Survivors Forsaken
Source:
Refugees International
Date of Document:
21 April 2016
Author:
Francisca Vigaud-Walsh
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteurs on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on contemporary forms of slavery...
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
15 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Application and enforcement of the May 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM) (May 2015-January 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
25 January 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Situation of single women living alone in Abuja, including ability to access employment and housing; threat of violence; support services available to them (2015 - June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Whether women are prevented from seeing Oro ceremonies in Imota and Ikorodu regions; whether there are consequences for seeing an Oro ceremony, including death (2014-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
22 August 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Whether there are Yoruba ritual practices where a wife must have sexual relations with her father-in-law while pregnant with her first child to ensure a long life for the father-in-law, husband, and child; consequences for refusal; options to obtain ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 August 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
National Strategy to End Child Marriage in Nigeria, 2016-2021.
Source:
Nigeria. Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Basic Profile of Child Marriage in Nigeria
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Chata Malé; Quentin Wodon
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Oaths and rituals for infidelity among Yoruba Christians in Lagos; consequences for refusal; state protection (2014-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 March 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Prevalence of female genital mutilation (FGM), including ethnic groups in which FGM is prevalent, particularly in Lagos State and within the Edo ethnic group; consequences for refusal; availability of state protection; the ability of a family ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 September 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
2017 Statistical Report on Women and Men in Nigeria
Source:
Nigeria. National Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
February 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Perceptions and Experiences of Children Associated with Armed Groups in Northeast Nigeria. Research Report 2017.
Source:
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme; United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Country Profile: FGM in Nigeria
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
“Bad Blood” – Perceptions of children born out of conflict-related sexual violence and women and girls associated with Boko Haram in North East Nigeria
Source:
United Nations Children's Fund
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Trafficking of women. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2019
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2019
Accessed Date:
19 August 2019
Title:
Treatment of sexual minorities, including legislation, state protection, and support services; the safety of sexual minorities living in Lagos and Abuja (February 2012-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2015
Accessed Date:
27 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of expression; human rights activists; Internet; legislation; police/security forces; political activities; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services
Title:
Nigeria. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2019.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
March 2019
Author:
Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Social Perception Survey on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Rights
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights; NOIPolls
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013
Accessed Date:
20 November 2014
Keywords:
legislation; marriage; sexual minorities
Title:
“Not dancing to their music”: The Effects of Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on the lives of LGBT people in Nigeria
Source:
Bisi Alimi Foundation
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Whether lawyers or barristers notarize a statement or swear an affidavit in which an individual admits to being bisexual or homosexual, or to knowing of someone's sexual orientation (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
18 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Information on how bisexuality is understood and perceived in Nigeria; whether bisexuality is distinguished from both male and female homosexuality (2014-June 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 September 2015
Accessed Date:
25 November 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; extralegal executions/killings; legal system; legislation; marriage; police corruption; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; torture
Title:
Silenced Voices, Threatened Lives: The Impact of Nigeria's Anti-LGBTI Law on Freedom of Expression
Source:
PEN America Center
Date of Document:
29 June 2015
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; human rights activists; Internet; legislation; police efficacy; political organizations; sexual minorities
Title:
2018 Report on Human Rights Violations based on Real or Perceived Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Nigeria
Source:
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs)
Date of Document:
December 2018
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Whether a Commissioner of Oaths or a notary public would notarize a statement or swear an affidavit in which an individual admits to being bisexual or homosexual, or to knowing of someone's sexual orientation; documentation taken by police upon ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 January 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
The Situation of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Nigeria (2014-2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
February 2019
Accessed Date:
4 April 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Sexual orientation and gender identity or expression. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
April 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Police procedures for investigation and pursuit of individuals for same-sex activity, including documentation; whether police issue warrants of arrest or reports listing the charges and penalties brought against that person; whether a person who ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Nigeria: Tier 2 Watch List. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria: COI Compilation on Human Trafficking
Source:
Austrian Red Cross. Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation.
Date of Document:
December 2017
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Kidnapping for ransom, including frequency, profile of victims and kidnappers; response by authorities (2013-July 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 July 2014
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; extremist/terrorist organizations; police efficacy; police/security forces; statistics
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Boko Haram. Version 2.0
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Corruption in Nigeria. Bribery: public experience and response.
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Crime Statistics: Reported Offences by Type and State (2017)
Source:
Nigeria. National Bureau of Statistics.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
“They Set the Classrooms on Fire”: Attacks on Education in Northeast Nigeria
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
11 April 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2019, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2019, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
September 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria Corruption Report
Source:
GAN Integrity Solutions Business Anti-Corruption Portal
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. 2018 Crime and Safety Report: Abuja.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Prevalence of ritual murder and human sacrifice; police and state response (2009-2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
abduction; children; crime; disappeared persons; judicial efficacy; legislation; organized crime; police efficacy; religion
Title:
Past Is Prologue: Criminality & Reprisal Attacks in Nigeria's Middle Belt
Source:
Search for Common Ground
Date of Document:
20 April 2017
Author:
Chom Bagu; Katie Smith
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria's Boko Haram: Frequently Asked Questions
Source:
United States. Congressional Research Service.
Date of Document:
12 April 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
The New Normal: Continuity and Boko Haram's Violence in North East Nigeria
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED)
Date of Document:
2 February 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
COI Focus. Nigeria. Situation sécuritaire liée à Boko Haram.
Source:
Belgium. Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Persons.
Date of Document:
28 March 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Towards ending conflict and insecurity in the Niger Delta region: A collective non-violent approach
Source:
African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes
Date of Document:
12 September 2017
Author:
Angela Ajodo-Adebanjoko
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria Watch: Eighth Report on Violence in Nigeria
Source:
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Stopping Nigeria's Spiralling Farmer-Herder Violence. Africa Report N°262.
Source:
International Crisis Group
Date of Document:
26 July 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Willingly Unable. ICC Preliminary Examination and Nigeria's Failure to Address Impunity for International Crimes.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
10 December 2018
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria's Battle With Boko Haram
Source:
Council on Foreign Relations
Date of Document:
8 August 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Violations and abuses committed by Boko Haram and the impact on human rights in the countries affected. Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
9 December 2015
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
The Black Axe confraternity, also known as the Neo-Black Movement of Africa, including their rituals, oaths of secrecy, and use of symbols or particular signs; whether they use force to recruit individuals (2009-November 2012)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 December 2012
Accessed Date:
25 April 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; crime; extralegal executions/killings; government corruption; organized crime; police efficacy
Title:
Information on the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), including areas of operation, objectives, and activities; state efforts to respond (2015-August 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 August 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
The capacity of Boko Haram to pursue individuals who relocate to another region or city, such as Lagos (2013-March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 March 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
The Eiye confraternity, including origin, purpose, structure, membership, recruitment methods, activities and areas of operation; state response (2014 - March 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 April 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. 2018 Crime and Safety Report: Lagos.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
20 August 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Conflict Obscuring Criminality: The Crime-Conflict Nexus in Nigeria
Source:
United Nations University Centre for Policy Research
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
The Harvest of Death: Three Years of Bloody Clashes Between Farmers and Herders in Nigeria
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
17 December 2018
Accessed Date:
18 December 2018
Title:
Fulani herdsmen, including motivations, modus operandi and recruitment methods; raids by Fulani herdsmen in schools in Benin City in October 2016 (2016-August 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 August 2018
Accessed Date:
4 April 2019
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Système juridique dans le monde: Nigéria
Source:
LegiGlobe. Réseau Francophone de diffusion du droit.
Date of Document:
2 September 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
children; corruption; extremist/terrorist organizations; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation; penal system; trafficking in persons
Title:
Requirements and procedures for the issuance of affidavits; availability of fraudulent affidavits
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
corruption; document fraud; identity documents; judicial corruption; legal system; legislation
Title:
Requirement for lawyers to affix stamps on legal documents; validity of documents issued without stamps (2015-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
23 November 2017
Accessed Date:
29 November 2017
Title:
Update: Guide to Nigerian Legal Information
Date of Document:
December 2015
Author:
Yemisi Dina et al.
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
‘You Have Signed Your Death Warrant': Torture and Other Ill Treatment By Nigeria's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
21 September 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Sharia Implementation in Northern Nigeria Over 15 Years. Policy Brief No. 1. The Sharia Courts.
Source:
Nigeria Stability and Reconciliation Programme
Date of Document:
October 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Warrants of arrest, including those issued by the High Court of the Delta State; issuance procedures, methods of delivery, description of the document and the information it contains; prevalence of fraudulent warrants of arrest (2014-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 November 2017
Accessed Date:
23 November 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces
Title:
Whether the police in Nigeria detain family members or friends of wanted persons, and, if so, the manner in which they are treated; whether this includes persons wanted for breaking laws related to same-sex sexual conduct (2013-July 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
4 August 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Keywords:
abduction; arbitrary arrest and detention; armed groups; disappeared persons; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; police corruption; police efficacy; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; political prisoners; religion; sexual minorities
Title:
Governance, Accountability, and Security in Nigeria
Source:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Date of Document:
21 June 2016
Author:
Oluwakemi Okenyodo
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Update to NGA105999 of 6 November 2017 on documents issued by police during criminal investigations or in response to a complaint, including police reports; procedures for an individual to obtain a copy of a police report within the country as well ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2018
Accessed Date:
19 November 2018
Title:
Information on a national police computer network for information sharing; nature and extent of communication between police offices across the country; whether police offices in different states are obligated to report to each other regarding ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 November 2017
Accessed Date:
29 November 2017
Title:
Update to NGA106121 of 11 June 2018 on police invitation letters, including legal status, uses and format; consequences for a person who does not comply with a police invitation letter (2016-May 2018)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2018
Accessed Date:
22 November 2018
Title:
Complaints mechanisms available for cases of police misconduct, including effectiveness (2013-October 2014)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
7 November 2014
Accessed Date:
27 November 2014
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; corruption; extralegal executions/killings; extremist/terrorist organizations; legal system; police corruption; police report; police/security forces; police/security forces complaints; statistics; torture
Title:
Civilian-Led Governance and Security in Nigeria After Boko Haram
Source:
United States Institute of Peace
Date of Document:
December 2018
Author:
Jibrin Ibrahim and Saleh Bala
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Availability and effectiveness of state and police response in both urban and rural areas of southern Nigeria, for people who refuse to participate in ritual practices (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom on the Net 2018.
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Nigeria. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Common types of social media networks and websites in Nigeria, including whether there are some that are only accessible from within Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria: Journalists, Activists Detained, Allege Torture
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
21 August 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
Brown envelope journalism, including types of publications that are affected; efforts to combat the phenomenon (2015-November 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 November 2017
Accessed Date:
20 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Additional Info.:
An older version of this document is referenced at 16.12 for the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
21 November 2018
Title:
The role of the Chief Priest of the town of Umunede, Delta State, including traditional religious beliefs and practices, preparation for initiation, initiation rites and succession to the office; information on the names of current and past...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
21 October 2015
Accessed Date:
17 November 2015
Title:
Whether each state has a ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
1 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
institutional efficacy
Title:
Nigeria. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2018 Annual Report.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2018
Accessed Date:
22 November 2018
Title:
Situation of Christians, including those living in northern cities, Lagos and Abuja; state protection (2011-October 2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 November 2015
Accessed Date:
25 November 2015
Title:
Treatment of Christians who relocate from northern parts of Nigeria by people in Port Harcourt [Rivers State]; whether they face linguistic, economic and social difficulties (2012-November 2013)
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 12.6 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; labour; religion; social services
Title:
Whether mosques communicate with each other, particularly regarding fatwas; if so, the formal and informal means of communication
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
31 October 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
Internet; religion
Title:
Treatment of Christians who convert to Islam; treatment of Muslims who convert to Christianity; information on state protection for mistreated religious converts
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
abduction; armed groups; children; conflict; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; indigenous groups; legal system; marriage; minorities; religion; statistics; torture; tribes/clans
Title:
Social attitudes toward religious intermarriage; treatment of intermarried couples and their children by society and the authorities; protection and services available to intermarried couples
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; gender equality; indigenous groups; marriage; religion
Title:
Prevalence of ritual practices, such as human sacrifice and the drinking of blood, upon initiation to chieftaincy or during chieftaincy in Yorubaland; state reaction to ritual practices in chieftaincy, especially the respective state ministries...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
5 November 2013
Accessed Date:
29 November 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; ethnic and national groups; extralegal executions/killings; tribes/clans
Title:
Consequences for a person to refuse a chief priest or fetish priest position for which they have been selected in south and central Nigeria
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 July 2010
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
crime; organized crime; religion; trafficking in persons
Title:
Report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Clashes between the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and the Nigerian Army (NA) in Zaria, Kaduna State between Saturday 12th and Monday 14th December 2015.
Source:
Kaduna State Government. Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Zaria Clashes.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Whether a member of an ethnic group can be identified by physical characteristics, manner of dress, or by any other means; obstacles faced when relocating to Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 13.1 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; indigenous groups; internal displacement; tribes/clans
Title:
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, relations with other Biafran independence groups, and treatment by authorities (2014-October 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Sociétés secrètes traditionnelles et confraternités étudiantes au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
27 February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
The practice of tribal markings on male children, including groups that engage in the practice; whether the parents of a child can refuse to have the practice carried out, including consequences of such a refusal; state protection available (2012-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
30 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
children; ethnic and national groups; legislation; police efficacy; police/security forces
Title:
Ogboni society, including its history, structure, rituals and ceremonies; information on membership and the consequences of refusing to join
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
14 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
corruption; crime; institutional efficacy; minorities; organized crime; political activities; political organizations; religion
Title:
The Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF), including the nature of its belief system and its purpose; whether membership is compulsory, especially for children of members, and consequences for refusing to join the ROF; whether positions within the ROF...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 April 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
political organizations; religion
Title:
Consequences for a Yoruba individual who refuses a chieftaincy title; protection available to those who refuse
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
13 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; tribes/clans
Title:
Les chefferies traditionnelles au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
6 February 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria: ‘Bullets Were Raining Everywhere'. Deadly Repression of Pro-Biafra Activists.
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
24 November 2016
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
La situation des albinos au Nigeria
Source:
France. Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides.
Date of Document:
20 December 2018
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Situation of the Eggon ethnic group, including treatment by society, armed groups and state authorities (2011-June 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
8 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Situation and treatment of members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), including arrest and prosecution; whether the Nigeria Police Force pursue people who use bribes to flee detention and who have ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 July 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Ogboni society, including structure, rituals, ceremonies, and current status; membership and the consequences of refusing to join or trying to leave; relationship with police and judicial authorities (2017-April 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
Accessed Date:
25 July 2019
Title:
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, relations with other Biafran independence groups and treatment by authorities (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 June 2019
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement
Title:
Enabling A Better Understanding Of Migration Flows And (Its Root-Causes) From Nigeria Towards Europe. Desk-Review Report. Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM).
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
The Causes and Consequences of Internal Displacement in Nigeria and Related Governance Challenges
Source:
German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Date of Document:
April 2017
Author:
Fatima Kyari Mohammed
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
“They Forced Us Onto Trucks Like Animals”: Cameroon's Mass Forced Return and Abuse of Nigerian Refugees
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
27 September 2017
Accessed Date:
24 November 2017
Title:
Nigeria: 2018 Participatory Assessment Report for North East Nigeria
Source:
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Date of Document:
28 March 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
Title:
Nigeria: Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Report Round 26
Source:
International Organization for Migration
Date of Document:
January 2019
Accessed Date:
25 April 2019
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
Title:
Nigeria. The World Factbook.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.6 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
10 November 2016
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.7 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Women fearing gender-based harm or violence. Version 3.0.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.11 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
Accessed Date:
28 November 2017
Title:
Languages of Nigeria
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.14 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth Edition.
Publisher:
Dallas, Texas: SIL International
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.15 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
L'aménagement linguistique dans le monde
Date of Document:
24 December 2015
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Nigeria. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 2.1 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
The death registration process, including the process to obtain a death certificate
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 3.6 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 September 2009
Accessed Date:
20 November 2012
Keywords:
identity documents; religion
Title:
National Identity Cards, including implementation of the National Identity Card Policy, requirements and procedures, security features, uses, and whether the card is mandatory
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 3.9 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
9 October 2015
Accessed Date:
13 November 2015
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents
Title:
Whether women who head their own households, without male or family support, can obtain housing and employment in large northern cities, such as Kano, Maiduguri, and Kaduna, and southern cities, such as Lagos, Ibadan, Port Harcourt; government...
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 5.9 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
19 November 2012
Accessed Date:
7 January 2013
Keywords:
family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; marriage; sexual violence; social services
Title:
CORI Thematic Report, Nigeria: Gender and Age
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 5.10 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Country of Origin Research Information
Date of Document:
December 2012
Accessed Date:
18 November 2013
Keywords:
children; citizenship; corruption; domestic violence; election; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; honour crimes; identity documents; legal system; legislation; marriage; medical records; police corruption; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Gender in Nigeria. Data from the 2013 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS).
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 5.15 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Nigeria. National Population Commission.
Date of Document:
June 2014
Accessed Date:
3 November 2015
Title:
Nigeria. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 12.1 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Treatment of Christians who relocate from northern parts of Nigeria by people in Port Harcourt [Rivers State]; whether they face linguistic, economic and social difficulties (2012-November 2013)
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 12.6 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
6 December 2013
Accessed Date:
21 November 2014
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; labour; religion; social services
Title:
Whether a member of an ethnic group can be identified by physical characteristics, manner of dress, or by any other means; obstacles faced when relocating to Abuja, Lagos or Port Harcourt
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 13.1 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 November 2012
Accessed Date:
8 January 2013
Keywords:
citizenship; ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; indigenous groups; internal displacement; tribes/clans
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 April 2019:
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Nigeria: Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation. Version 2.0.
Additional Info.:
Document referenced in the Refugee Appeal Division Jurisprudential Guide TB7-19851 and published as 1.7 in the Nigeria National Documentation Package, dated 31 March 2017.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2016
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/566194/CIG_-_Nigeria_-_Background.pdf
Accessed Date:
2 November 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Trafficking of women. Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
November 2016
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/570872/CPIN-Nigeria-Trafficking-v2-November-2016.pdf
Accessed Date:
29 November 2016
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2017
URL:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595458/CPIN_-_NGA_-_FGM_-_v_1_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
9 November 2017
Title:
Country Background Note: Nigeria. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
May 2019
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/801938/CPIN_-_NGA_-_Background__-_final_version_G.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Internal relocation. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/794323/CPIN_-_Nigeria_-_Internal_relocation.PDF
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Actors of protection. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
March 2019
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/794316/CPIN_-_NGA_-_Actors_of_Protection.final_v.1.G.PDF
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Trafficking of women. Version 5.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
July 2019
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/821554/Nigeria_-_Trafficking_-_CPIN_-_v5.0__July_2019_.pdf
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Nigeria: Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). Version 2.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
August 2019
URL:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/825243/Nigeria_-_FGM_-_CPIN_-_v2.0__August_2019_.pdf
Accessed Date:
19 August 2019
Title:
Ogboni society, including structure, rituals, ceremonies, and current status; membership and the consequences of refusing to join or trying to leave; relationship with police and judicial authorities (2017-April 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457826
Accessed Date:
25 July 2019
Title:
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), including objectives, structure, activities, relations with other Biafran independence groups and treatment by authorities (2017-May 2019)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
28 June 2019
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457837
Accessed Date:
26 July 2019
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